Title

Publication Date

Publisher

Comments

39

Expression Web Designer Bible

Not Yet Published

Wiley

A really good Web design tool.

38

Go Google

Not Yet Published

AMACOM

An amazing number of features provided to anyone for free.

37

eBay PowerUser’s Bible, 2nd Edition

Not Yet Published

Wiley

 

36

How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Live

Not Yet Published

Osborne McGraw-Hill

 

35

Starting an Online Business for Dummies, 5th edition

4/07

Wiley

 

34

Affiliate Millions (with Anthony Borelli)

1/07

Wiley

My coauthor has made millions placing ads on Google and other sites; original title was “Googleionaire.”

33

1000 Best eBay Success Secrets

Sept. 2006

Sourcebooks

 

32

Selling Beyond eBay

Mar. 2006

AMACOM

Learn how to sell on iOffer, uBid, Amazon.com, and other specialty sites

31

Secrets of the eBay Millionaires

Dec. 2005

Osborne-McGraw Hill

Profiles of highly successful eBay sellers.

30

Fundraising with eBay (with Jill Finlayson)

Nov. 2005

Osborne-McGraw Hill

My coauthor was once head of a category on eBay.

29

Degunking eBay

Jan. 2005

Paraglyph

 

28

Collectors Guide to eBay

Oct. 2004

Osborne-McGraw Hill

 

27

Karma Kids: Answering Parenting Questions with Buddhist Wisdom

Aug. 2004

Ulysses Press

My best and most useful book.

26

Internet Babylon

Feb. 2004

Apress

Possibly my favorite book. Stories and legends from Internet “history.” I interviewed Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ daughter.

25

How to Do Everything with eBay, 2nd Ed

Nov. 2005

Osborne-McGraw Hill

 

24

eBayPowerUser’s Bible

Jan. 2006

John Wiley and Sons

 

23

Faster Smarter Microsoft FrontPage 2003 (with William Stanek)

Dec. 2004

Microsoft Press

 

22

Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Online Dating

Nov. 2004

Que

 

21

Starting an Online Business for Dummies, 3rd edition

Fall 2002

John Wiley and Sons

130,000 since original publication in 1999; The first edition hit number 13 on the Wall Street Journal’s Business bestseller list on July 16, 1999

P20

Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Plain and Simple

October 2001

Microsoft Press

 

19

Literary Chicago: A Book Lover’s Guide to the Windy City

April 2001

Lake Claremont Press

Another one of my favorite books; walking tours of the city of Chicago and environs visiting writers’ haunts.

18

How to Do Everything with Your eBay Business

July 2003

Osborne McGraw-Hill

 

17

Internet Security In Easy Steps

June 2003

Computer Step publishing

 

16

Network Defense and Countermeasures

May 2003

Course Technology

 

15

Guide to Firewall Security and Intrusion Detection

June 2003

Course Technology

 

14

Complete Idiot’s Guide to Photoshop Elements (co-authored with Joli Ballew)

December 2002

Alpha Books

 

13

E-Commerce Essentials with Microsoft FrontPage

August 2001

Microsoft Press

 

12

Apache Server Commentary

September 2000

Coriolis Group Books

Possibly the strangest book I ever “wrote.” It’s nothing but the source code to the Apache Web server program that was current at the time.

11

Dreamweaver 4 Visual Insight (co-authored with Scott Wills)

February 2001

Coriolis Group Books

 

10

Internet Auctions for Dummies

July 2000

IDG Books Worldwide

 

9

Tips and Tactics for Running Your Business on the Internet

Spring 2000

Inc.com

 

8

CliffsNotes Buying and Selling on eBay

January 2000

IDG Books Worldwide

 

7

Apache Server Little Black Book

1999

Coriolis Group Books

 

6

Windows 98 Registry Little Black Book

1998

Coriolis Group Books

 

5

Small Business Internet for Dummies

1998

IDG Books Worldwide

 

4

Creating Web Pages for Kids and Parents

1997

IDG Books Worldwide

 

3

Online Marketing with Netscape

1996

Ventana/Netscape Press

 

2

Netscape Navigator 2.0 (with Tim Webster)

Jan. 1996

Hayden Books

 

1

Publishing on the World Wide Web

Nov. 1995

Hayden Books

I started out as a Mac author at a time when virtually no one was using the Macintosh. Still, this was one of the first books about creating Web pages and Web sites.